School Notes: David Geffen School of Drama
May/June 2025

Burry Fredrik Design Fellow named

Costume and scenic designer Arthur Wilson ’25MFA has been named the 2025 Burry Fredrik Design Fellow and is the recipient of its annual $10,000 award. The fellowship was established in 2017 by the Burry Fredrik Foundation to help launch the careers of graduates from David Geffen School of Drama’s design program. 

“I am very moved to have been chosen by my faculty for this incredible honor. The opportunity to study at David Geffen School of Drama, and to be in the same room with and learn from such innovative and influential designers, has been an absolute dream come true,” Wilson said. “I am truly grateful for the time here to find myself and my voice as an artist. The Burry Fredrik Fellowship is truly the cherry on top of an incredible three years that I will carry with me forever. I am deeply grateful to the foundation for their generosity and support, and I look forward to meeting and collaborating with members of the Connecticut theater community.”

In addition to the fellowship, the Burry Fredrik Foundation is committed to supporting the careers of all graduates of the design program of the David Geffen School of Drama. For a period of two years following their graduation (starting July 1 and ending June 30 two years hence), when a graduate of the Geffen School design program is hired and accepts work as a designer at any of Connecticut’s professional producing theaters, for their first production at the theater, the Burry Fredrik Foundation will award that theater a grant in an amount equal to the customary and usual fee paid to the graduate for their design.